Power Wheels Magazine A Notch Above

Science has proven that siblings share about 50 percent of the same DNA on average. Each brother gets one half of his DNA from each parent, since the father and the mother only donates half of their DNA. The shared DNA can produce some similarities in the appearance of the siblings, like – in the case of celebrities – the ...

Traffic around the World Trade Center in Pasay City became very heavy the whole day yesterday, April 4, 2019, as thousands of vehicles carried thousands of car enthusiasts who came to witness the 2019 Manila International Auto Show (MIAS). Before we come out with our full in-depth report and numerous photographs taken by freelance photographer Roy Eusebio, here’s a preview ...

It seems just like yesterday when we picked up our brand-new 2014 Suzuki Ertiga 1.4GLXi A/T multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) directly from the Suzuki Philippines, Inc. (SPH) factory in Canlubang, Laguna. After we did a cover story on it for Power Wheels Magazine, we fell in love with the first-generation Ertiga Life Utility Vehicle (LUV), as SPH was marketing it then. On ...

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has announced the appointment of Jozef Kaba? as the company’s Head of Design. Kaba?, 46, is an experienced and talented designer, having spent the majority of his career at a senior level in automotive design. Kaba? joins Rolls-Royce Motor Cars from the BMW Group where he has been Head of Design Studio BMW since 2017. Passionate about car ...

There’s no doubt that the jeepney, aside from being a national symbol of transportation, moreover embodies the richness of the Philippines’ culture diversity and art. Bearing the values which Filipinos are recognized for, the jeepney is built with resilience, creativity, and hospitality—providing service within the masses’ reach, considering it as the cheapest way to commute in the country. However, it ...

Nissan Philippines Inc. recognized their outstanding and top-performing dealers at the Dealer of the Year Awards Night last March 8, 2019 held in Okada Manila. Nissan attributes its 40% growth by the end of December 2018 to the enhancement of its sales and after-sales services through its dealerships. With a total of forty-four dealerships in different parts of the country, ...

Maxicare, the premier healthcare provider in the country, has partnered with Lalamove, the leading delivery app, to offer discounted health cards to over 25,000 partner drivers nationwide. In a first-of-its-kind partnership, Lalamove’s motorcycle, MPV, and light truck partner drivers will enjoy preferential rates for every purchase of healthcare cards such as MyMaxicare Lite, Maxicare PRIMA, and Maxicare EReady.   With ...

As I always do in most of the media test drives I participate in, I try to come up with a nice story angle to tie-in our destination with the vehicles we’re driving to get there. In my 19 years as a motoring journalist, there were some hits – where the organizers or the communications head of the car maker ...

If you were a kid in the early ‘70s, chances are you were a big fan of the Batman TV series starring Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin. When the Dynamic Duo needed to stop a crime or catch their nemesis, Batman would always say to Robin, “To the Batmobile!” In the late summer of 1965, Dean Jeffries ...

While viewing the latest generation of the Mazda3 during a recent sneak preview held by Berjaya Auto, the Philippine distributor of Mazda Automobiles, we were given a short but fascinating history of the model. From when it was marketed as the “Mazda Familia” to its model name change to “323” to its current model designation, the Mazda3 has a long ...